California’s public-college systems need at least $47.2 billion to cover construction, renovation, and retrofitting over the next five years, a report says.

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The ChronicleCalifornia’s public-college systems need at least $47.2 billion to cover construction, renovation, and retrofitting over the next five years. Where will the money, and the will, come from?
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Twenty-eight lawmakers, led by Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, are sending a letter on Thursday to leaders of the House and the Senate urging them to prevent the provision from making it into final tax legislation.

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The Chronicle“A tax on graduate tuition waivers would be unfair, would undermine our competitive position, and would inhibit the economic growth that tax reform promises."
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The Chronicle"The brain-melting boredom of most academic panels is surprising when you consider all the factors that — in theory, anyway — should be working together to make a conference panel a uniquely stirring occasion."
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The Chronicle"The brain-melting boredom of most academic panels is surprising when you consider all the factors that — in theory, anyway — should be working together to make a conference panel a uniquely stirring occasion."
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Revelations about the film producer’s apparent pattern of sexual misconduct are just a couple of months old, but the reverberations have been deeply felt across academe. Here are the latest updates, on cases at Kentucky, Princeton, UC-Santa Cru

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The ChronicleStark power differentials, with entitled faculty stars and dependent protégés, create an environment ripe for abuse
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A recent fiasco involving a Harvard interviewer prompted a wave of contradictory responses. College officials and alumni found the practice meaningful, or a charade; important, or a major risk; something to continue, or to end at once.

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The ChronicleGoing to an Ivy League college was great, the alumni interviewer said, "because wherever you go, you’ll have friends with access to good blow."
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